Addressing Muslim prejudice... - Page 5

phykell · 21-02-2009, 09:39

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Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

LOOK AT THE WAY YOU USE LANGUAGE. Advantage? To whom? In what? An individual is a component of a group, and influence passes both ways.

The advantage would be to the person trying to ascribe the behaviour of individuals to a group in the vain hope of abstracting away all the myriad reasons why individuals act as they do. Such abstraction tends to ignore details and I suspect, where religious fanaticism is concerned, that's where the devil is.

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Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

No-one is wringing their hands at the church.

I'm sure there are thousands of abused individuals who would disagree with you. I'm sure there are plenty of women and homosexuals who would disagree with you.

A Place of Light · 06-03-2009, 19:37

Poor Andrew.....not feeling the love in the room, really.

Fayshun · 07-03-2009, 01:52

Psychology experiment FAIL.

leowyatt · 07-03-2009, 09:41

No point leaving this open as the OP isn't around anymore.

07-03-2009, 01:52	#43
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	Psychology experiment FAIL. __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

07-03-2009, 09:41	#44
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	No point leaving this open as the OP isn't around anymore. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

06-03-2009, 19:37	#42
A Place of Light Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,247	Poor Andrew.....not feeling the love in the room, really.